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As "customer service" goes, I can guarantee that you (and YOUR customers too, btw) have multiple stories of Houston Metro businesses or organizations that have massively bungled the encounter.For instance, anyone who calls the IRS directly -- instead of having someone...

It's amazing -- and scary -- how many Houston Metro businesses operate without a true budget. Cash flow becomes their only barometer, and that often doesn't include an accurate picture of ongoing growth, or the health of a business.Look -- in addition to handling...

I'm going to step away from tax land today, and put on my business coaching hat.But don't get me wrong -- we are diligently working through many of our Houston Metro business owner client files and getting a significant thrill from being able to help so many of our...

Tax season 2019 is inexorably moving forward. We now have less than two months before personal federal taxes are due. Which, of course, means that it's time to get started if you haven't yet done so already.I'm here today with a large checklist that you can work from,...

Lots of email responses and activity were prompted by last week's note on the new 20% deduction for pass-through entities (if you didn't get it or missed it, shoot me a note by clicking the email button at the top of the page and I'll forward it along), and we're...

You're wise these days if you don't pay close attention to the political tug-of-war that seems to be getting worse and worse. If so, you might not have yet seen that the federal government seems headed for another shutdown.Which is rough news for any poor schmoe out...

Well, before I dive into today's dose of real world business strategy, you should know that as I write on Monday, the IRS has begun receiving filed federal tax returns.That means things are about to get real.Now, for our Houston Metro business owner clients (like...

It's Thanksgiving week, which definitely seems to have come too fast this year.Because of the holiday, things are a bit slower -- but not by much. With so many changes for the business owner in this year's tax code, we're having lots of conversations with clients in...

So last week, I began the conversation around those foundational items of necessity for a "real" business that many business owners in Houston Metro don't quite take into consideration when they first get started.These are the sort of things that can be the difference...

Whether or not the federal government's continued (as of this writing) partial shutdown affects you, the IRS did manage to pull in about half of its workforce, despite not offering them a paycheck -- which would be a pretty great deal for an organizational leader,...

Well, I don't want to alarm you but the chances are good that we DON'T have to meet anytime in the next couple weeks, as we move towards tax season.(That is, unless something has changed with your Houston Metro business, and you need our help. Give us a call: (281)...

"Go start a business!" they said."It'll be fun and you'll make a lot of money!" they said. "FLEXIBILITY!" "BE YOUR OWN BOSS."But then ... well, you are your own boss now. And there are so. many. things. to think about beyond what you got into your business to actually...